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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml')
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1 files changed, 41 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml index c24542002a..012737c390 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -350,13 +350,18 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <func> <name>start() -> Result</name> - <name>start(EventMgrName) -> Result</name> + <name>start(EventMgrName | Options) -> Result</name> + <name>start(EventMgrName, Options) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Create a stand-alone event manager process.</fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} - | {via,Module,ViaName}</v> + <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName}</v> <v> Name = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v> Option = {debug,Dbgs} | {timeout,Time} | {hibernate_after,HibernateAfterTimeout} | {spawn_opt,SOpts}</v> + <v> Dbgs = [Dbg]</v> + <v> Dbg = trace | log | statistics | {log_to_file,FileName} | {install,{Func,FuncState}}</v> + <v> SOpts = [term()]</v> <v>Result = {ok,Pid} | {error,{already_started,Pid}}</v> <v> Pid = pid()</v> </type> @@ -371,14 +376,19 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <func> <name>start_link() -> Result</name> - <name>start_link(EventMgrName) -> Result</name> + <name>start_link(EventMgrName | Options) -> Result</name> + <name>start_link(EventMgrName, Options) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Create a generic event manager process in a supervision tree. </fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} - | {via,Module,ViaName}</v> + <v>EventMgrName = {local,Name} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName}</v> <v> Name = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v> Option = {debug,Dbgs} | {timeout,Time} | {hibernate_after,HibernateAfterTimeout} | {spawn_opt,SOpts}</v> + <v> Dbgs = [Dbg]</v> + <v> Dbg = trace | log | statistics | {log_to_file,FileName} | {install,{Func,FuncState}}</v> + <v> SOpts = [term()]</v> <v>Result = {ok,Pid} | {error,{already_started,Pid}}</v> <v> Pid = pid()</v> </type> @@ -409,6 +419,12 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <seealso marker="kernel:global"><c>global</c></seealso>. Thus, <c>{via,global,GlobalName}</c> is a valid reference.</p> </item> + <item> + <p>If option <c>{hibernate_after,HibernateAfterTimeout}</c> is present, the <c>gen_event</c> + process awaits any message for <c>HibernateAfterTimeout</c> milliseconds and + if no message is received, the process goes into hibernation automatically + (by calling <seealso marker="proc_lib#hibernate/3"><c>proc_lib:hibernate/3</c></seealso>).</p> + </item> </list> <p>If the event manager is successfully created, the function returns <c>{ok,Pid}</c>, where <c>Pid</c> is the pid of @@ -569,6 +585,13 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <v>Extra = term()</v> </type> <desc> + <note> + <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not export it. + If a release upgrade/downgrade with <c>Change={advanced,Extra}</c> + specified in the <c>.appup</c> file is made when <c>code_change/3</c> + isn't implemented the event handler will crash with an <c>undef</c> error + reason.</p> + </note> <p>This function is called for an installed event handler that is to update its internal state during a release upgrade/downgrade, that is, when the instruction @@ -749,6 +772,12 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <v> Id = term()</v> </type> <desc> + <note> + <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not + export it. The <c>gen_event</c> module provides a default + implementation of this function that logs about the unexpected + <c>Info</c> message, drops it and returns <c>{noreply, State}</c>.</p> + </note> <p>This function is called for each installed event handler when an event manager receives any other message than an event or a synchronous request (or a system message).</p> @@ -805,6 +834,11 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <v> Args = Reason = Term = term()</v> </type> <desc> + <note> + <p>This callback is optional, so callback modules need not + export it. The <c>gen_event</c> module provides a default + implementation without cleanup.</p> + </note> <p>Whenever an event handler is deleted from an event manager, this function is called. It is to be the opposite of <seealso marker="#Module:init/1"><c>Module:init/1</c></seealso> |